Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- About the book -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Subscribers -- Image credits -- 1 'His Lordship's fine genius' -- 2 'A picture of Watteau' -- 3 English Palladianism -- 4 The Public Park Initiative -- Appendix 1 The owners of Chiswick House Gardens -- Appendix 2 The head gardeners at Chiswick House -- Appendix 3 Chronology -- Bibliography -- Index